Monday, January 30, 2017

"Balance" means your shoulders and hips are directly one another and your hips are level to the ground. - When in "balance", your upper body is free to move any way you want.- With an "imbalance", you lose control of your movements until you get your body back into "balance". (Your "balance" response is called a "righting reflex".) You want to create ONE late "imbalance" - You generate ONE "imbalance" by coming into your front leg lift with your body in "balance" and then produce a planned "imbalance" that forces you to land your foot plant with your chest facing your target and your front hip lower than your back hip.

1. You come out of your front leg lift with an "imbalance".(With only one foot touching the ground, it becomes a physical impossibility to get your body back in "balance".)

2. Only after your front foot gets back on the ground and you get your hips back to level do you regain use of your upper body.

3. In the process, your "balance" gives your body nothing to react to and you're forced to delivery each pitch with your shoulders whirling around your neck.

You never really know where your pitch is going to end up or whether your opponent picked on your throwing arm angle tipping your pitch.

Now you know that the best way to have "balance" impact your results comes from your "balance" into the top of your front leg lift allowing you to generate ONE late "imbalance".In fact, when you do this, you can use your results to measure your front leg lift. (When you miss your target by an unacceptable distance, you merely revisit and refine your movements into your front leg lift.)